Timo Maran (born 13 April 1975) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n biosemiotician and poet. He is the head Department of Semiotics,

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. Membership in organizations: *

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...

(vice-president 2007–2010) * Estonian Semiotics Association (vice-chairman 2006–2008, 2010–2012) * Estonian Literary Society *

Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit, abbreviated EKL), is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 Hist ...

* European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (member of advisory board since 2010) *

International Society for Biosemiotic Studies The International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS) is an academic society for the researchers in semiotic biology. The Society was established in 2005. Its official journal is Biosemiotics, published by Springer and launched in 2008. The pu ...

(member of the executive board 2010–2012, vice-president since 2012) * Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (member of the board 2011-...)

Works

* 2001 poetry collection "Põhjavesi" (Erakkond) * 2007 poetry collection "Metsa pööramine" (Erakkond) * 2007 poetry collection "Poeetiline punane raamat / Poetics of Endangered Species" (Ukraina Kultuurikeskus, Ajakirjade Kirjastus) * 2015 poetry collection "Las ma ümisen" (Allikaäärne) * 2015 children stories "Kodukakk, päevakoer ja teised" (Päike ja Pilv) * 2017 monograph "Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry" (Springer) * 2019 poetry collection "Metsloomatruudus" (Elusamus) * 2020 monograph "Ecosemiotics. The Study of Signs in Changing Ecologies" (Cambridge University Press)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maran, Timo Living people 1975 births Estonian semioticians Estonian male poets 21st-century Estonian poets University of Tartu alumni University of Tartu faculty